Windows Jobs in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Windows
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 43 313 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 8.14% 18.07% 17.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.13% 62.60% 65.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24 204 79
10th Percentile £24,125 £26,750 £26,110
25th Percentile £26,188 £30,000 £29,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £40,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £40,325 £63,375 £65,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +11.84% +1.33%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 78 500 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 14.77% 28.87% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 49 329 114
10th Percentile £25,625 £28,500 £26,110
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +12.36% -12.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,250 £64,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Gloucestershire

Windows
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Windows in Gloucestershire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Gloucestershire

Windows
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester 0 12 £27,500 -26.67% 16
Cheltenham -9 5 £29,000 -38.95% 22
Filton -15 5 £48,918 -11.06%
Tewkesbury +11 2 £34,500 +23.21% 4
Stroud -7 1 - - 3
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Apache
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.30%) AWS
2 4 (9.30%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (9.30%) Azure
2 4 (9.30%) Serverless
3 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) DNS
2 4 (9.30%) DHCP
2 4 (9.30%) IPv4
3 3 (6.98%) VLAN
4 2 (4.65%) Broadband
4 2 (4.65%) OSPF
4 2 (4.65%) VPN
4 2 (4.65%) WAN
5 1 (2.33%) Firewall
5 1 (2.33%) LAN
5 1 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.33%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (11.63%) Finance
4 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Legal
5 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.65%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.65%) Aviation
6 2 (4.65%) Military
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Advertising
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Publishing
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) IT Support
2 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (16.28%) Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (13.95%) Administrator
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (11.63%) Support Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) First Line Help Desk Support
6 4 (9.30%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Help Desk Support
6 4 (9.30%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) IAM Specialist
6 4 (9.30%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (9.30%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 4 (9.30%) Senior
6 4 (9.30%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) .NET
2 3 (6.98%) Middleware
3 1 (2.33%) CSS
3 1 (2.33%) HTML
3 1 (2.33%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (9.30%) e-Learning
3 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
3 4 (9.30%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.33%) Handset
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (32.56%) Linux
2 13 (30.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.33%) Android
5 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (18.60%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (11.63%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (11.63%) DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (11.63%) OO
3 5 (11.63%) Task Automation
4 4 (9.30%) Agile
4 4 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management
4 4 (9.30%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (9.30%) DevSecOps
4 4 (9.30%) ITIL
4 4 (9.30%) Machine Learning
4 4 (9.30%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (9.30%) Product Strategy
4 4 (9.30%) Re-Platforming
4 4 (9.30%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (9.30%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) Python
2 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
3 8 (18.60%) Bash
4 4 (9.30%) Perl
4 4 (9.30%) PHP
4 4 (9.30%) R
4 4 (9.30%) SQL
5 1 (2.33%) C#
5 1 (2.33%) Java
5 1 (2.33%) VB
5 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) A+ Certification
2 6 (13.95%) Degree
3 5 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.30%) AWS Certification
4 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) MCP
5 1 (2.33%) MCSA
5 1 (2.33%) MCSE
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) NCSC
2 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) Docker
3 4 (9.30%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.33%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (18.60%) Ansible
2 5 (11.63%) Terraform
3 4 (9.30%) Puppet
4 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.65%) SCCM
6 1 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.60%) VMware
3 2 (4.65%) Citrix
3 2 (4.65%) NetApp
3 2 (4.65%) Sun
4 1 (2.33%) McAfee
4 1 (2.33%) Symantec